Striking-bag apparatus.



PATENTED MAR. 5, 1907.

` LF. EMES. STRIKING BAG APPARATUS.

APPLICATION :FILEDv JULY13, 1906.

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PATENTED MAR. 5,1907.

J. P. EMES. STRIKING BAG APPARATUS. APPLICATION FILED JULY 1s.

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Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented March 5, 1907.

Application tiled July 13, 1906. Serial No. 326,040.

To a/ZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN FRANCIS EMns, a citizen of the United States, residing at Altoona, in the county of Blair, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Striking-Bag Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

The object of the invention is to provide an apparatus of the character referred to which shall be capable in an advantageous manner of a large range of adjustment and which may be folded when not in use into very small compass.

To these ends the invention may be said to consist in the constructions and combinations hereinafter described, i and more particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure I is a side elevation of the striking-bag a paratus. Fig. II is a bottom plan. Figs. II and IIIa are two detail views showing the manner of mounting the lower slide-clamps- Figs. IV and I la are detail views showing the manner of securing the free end of the bail-retaining bar, Fig. IV being a section on line IV IV, Fig. IVa; and Figs. V and Va are details showing' the mounting of the upper slide-yokes and the manner of connecting thereto the free ends of the sup* porting-bail.

Referring to the views, A A represent two vertical strips designed to be fixed in parallelism to the face of a wall. These strips are channeled on their oppositelongitudinal edges, as at a, and are connected together by means of transverse irons K K, countersunk in the backs of the strips, the strips A and the irons K thus constituting a fixed supportingframe.

B B are two sliding strips in frictional contact with the front faces of the strips A, these strips B being connected by transverse irons K2 to constitute a sliding frame. Each sliding strip B is embraced at the top by a U- shaped sliding yoke K, whose arms are rigidly secured to the strip by means of a rivet or bolt Z. The connecting portion m2 of each yoke projects forward beyond its strip B, and the rear free ends are inturned and received within the channels a. The opposite side edges of the strips A and of the bottom portions ofthe strips B are embraced by distinct clamp-plates P, and bolts R, passing through the strips B and through the plates, together with thumb-nuts Q, constitute means for clamping the plates against both pairs of strips, thus preventing relative vertical movement.

Hinged at C to the lower ends of the strips B are forwardly-extending strips B2, some resilient material, as C2, being inserted between the ends of the strips B2 and the front faces of the strips B for the purpose of deadening rattle. The strips B2 serve as supports for the ring J, which is rigidly secured to the under sides of said strips at I. A cross-piece D, hinged at its forward edge at H H to the under sides of the strips B2, extends diametrically of the ring J and bears at its center the depending bag-supp orting post T. Strips B2 and ring J may be regarded as constituting the bag-supporting frame.

E is a bail or brace for sustaining the bagsupporting frame in its extended position and is conveniently formed of a bent metal rod,whose lower transverse portionE2 is countersunk in grooves e, cut in the upper sides of the strips B2, and whose upper free ends are formed as hooks E3, constituting a hinged connection between the bail and the portions r2 of the upper slide-yokes K. A rearward* extending bar F is pivoted or hinged at G to the outermost portion of the ring J and overlies the latter, the portion E2 of the bail and the cross-piece D serving to retain the bail in the grooves e and to maintain the cross-piece D flat against the bottoms of the strips B2. The latter function is effected by bifurcating the rear end of F, as at m, and causing this bifurcated region to embrace a block V, secured to the rear of the upper face of the piece D, a bolt O passing downward through the block V and the cross-piece D and being provided at its upper end with a wing-nut n. This last clamps a turning latch-plate L upon the top of the bifurcated region m and the block V, and the plate L is of such dimensions that when the wing-nut is loosened and the plate is turned parallel with the bar F it will pass readily between the arms of the bifurcated region m, thus permitting F to be swung upward.

The position of the parts when set up for use is shown in full lines in Fig. l, the bail E supporting the hinged bag-supporting frame in a horizontal position. To permit the bagsupporting frame to drop to the dotted-line position, Fig. l, the nut n is loosened, the latch-plate L is turned, and the bar swung upward, thus releasing the bail E and the cross-piece D. As the frame swings downward the piece D and the central post T IOO IIO

swing on the are indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 1. It will thus be seen that the apparatus may be very easily and quickly folded against'tne wall, where it may be covered by a curtain.

In order to adjust the bag-sup porting frame vertically, the wing-nuts Q are loosened, when the yokes X and the clamp-plates l are free to slide in the channels a., carrying with them the horizontally-extended portion of the apparatus.

I/Vhat isclaimed as new isl. In a striking-bag apparatus, the combination of a iXed vertical frame, a slidable vertical frame mounted thereon, a bag-supporting trame pivoted at itsrear end to said sliding frame, and means for sustaining said bag-supporting frame in a substantially horizontal position.

2. In a strilring-bag apparatus, the combination of a ixed vertical trame, a slidable vertical frame mounted thereon, a bag-supporting frame pivoted at its rear end to the lower portion et said sliding frame, and a bail abovesaid bag-supporting frame andreleasably connected at its lower end thereto and at its upper end pivoted to the sliding frame.

3. In a striking-bag apparatus, the combination of a ixed vertical frame consisting of a pair of upright strips and transverse connecting members, a slidable vertical frame mounted thereon and consisting of a pair oi upright strips movably supported on the front 'faces oi said other strips and transverse connecting members, a pair of strips hinged at their rear ends to the lower front faces of said sliding strips, a ring secured to the lower faces of said hinged strips, a bag-suspending cross-piece secured to and extending between the hinged strips, and a brace releasably connected at its lower' end to the hinged strips and pivoted at its upper end to the upper portion of the sliding frame.

4. In a striking-bag apparatus, the combination of a fixed vertical frame, a slidable vertical frame mounted thereon, a bail pivoted at its upper end to the upper portion of the sliding trame, a bag-supporting frame pivoted at its rear end for downward swinging to said sliding frame and groeved for the reception of the lower end of the bail, and a hinged keeper arranged to overlie the lower end of said bail and to retain the same in the grooved portion of the bag-supporting frame. l

5. In a striking-bag apparatus, the combif nation of a iiXed vertical trame, a slidable vertical frame mounted thereon, a bag-supporting frame pivoted at its rear end to said sliding frame and including a bag abutmentring and a transverse cross-piece disposed i diametrieally of said ring and hinged at its forward edge to the bag-supporting frame for downward swinging, a bag-suspending post depending from said cross-piece, and a bar hinged at one end to the bag-supporting frame and constructed at the opposite end to sustain said cross-piece in position.

6. In a striking-bag apparatus, the combination of a suitable support, a bag-supporting frame pivoted at its rear end. to said support for downward swinging, a bag abut- 1nentring secured to the lower face of the bag supporting frame, a bag suspending cross-'piece -pivoted for downward swinging at its iront edge to the lower side of the bagsupperting Yframe and extendino` transversely diametrieally. ol the ring, a bail pivoted at its upper end to said suitable support, the upper surface of the bag-supporting frame being soclreted for the reception of the lower end of the bail, and a bar hinged at its outer end for upward swinging to the most advanced portion of the periphery of the ring and extending rearward and overlying the cross-piece and the lower end of the bail and securing said members in position.

7. In a striking-bag apparatus, the combination of a iiXed vertical frame, consisting of upright strips and transverse connecting members, a sliding vertical frame consisting of upright strips and transverse connecting members, yokes secured to the strips ol the sliding frame and slidably engaging said other strips, clamp-plates spaced i'rom said yolres and embracing opposite sides of both sets of strips and also slidably engaging the strips of the I'lxed frame, and clamp-bolts passing through said plates and the strips of the sliding frame to prevent relative vertical movement of the strips.

8. In a striking-bag apparatus, the eombi nation of a tixed vertical frame consisting ol'v upright strips and transverse connecting members, a sliding vertical frame consisting oi. upright strips and transverse connecting members, yokes secured to the strips of the sliding l'rame and slidably engaging said other strips, clamp members constructed to clamp said 'frames together against relative vertical movement, a bag supporting frame hinged at its rear end to said sliding ame, and a bail consisting of a lower transverse portion releasably connected to the bag-supporting frame and upward-extending arms having hooks at their rear ends pivotally engaging said yolies.

JOHN F. EMES.

Titnesses H. A. STEPHENS, A. W. CLAPPER.

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